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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjiv Gokhale; Hadi Yamin

areconvenient to these students who are attempting to complete school while maintaining full-timejobs and family life. However, many educators are concerned with the “learning outcomes” ofsuch non-traditional courses and quite often the perception of both the faculty and students is thatthese time-shortened courses some how lack the academic rigor of the more traditional courses.This paper addresses the teaching techniques for intensive courses, the use of such courses in theconstruction discipline, and the student and faculty perceptions of these courses.I. IntroductionIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis is a comprehensive urban university locatedin the heart of Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. As is the case with other urban colleges

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan

changing needs. Target areas whichrequire attention include those which directly or indirectly affect the students: to keep thosecurrently enrolled interested in staying within the department, to convince undeclared majors toselect a degree and a career from Engineering Technology programs, to actively recruit highschool students and older nontraditional students currently working, and to improve the attitudeand professional development of faculty and staff, as well as curriculums. A timeline should beutilized to structure the execution of these ideas. Innovative methods for recruiting are discussed. Implementation plans need to bedeveloped which are directed to these target areas. When any of the goals are achieved via theretention and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott White; Kirsten Lowrey; George M. Bodner; Dawn Del Carlo; Ala Samarapungavan; William C. Oakes

Session 3653 The Freshman Engineering Experience: The Student Voice George Bodner, William Oakes, Kirsten Lowrey, Dawn Del Carlo, Scott White, and Ala Samarapungavan Purdue UniversityIntroductionDiscussions between program officers from the GE Fund and faculty in the Schools of Science,Education and Engineering that began in September, 1996 eventually lead to a multi-year commitmentto support an examination of the Freshman Engineering Program at Purdue University, as a first steptoward a re-examination of the process by which engineers are educated at that

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Giolma; Kevin Nickels; Farzan Aminian

FPGAs) exhibit a superset of SSI and MSIfunctionality, enabling instructors to completely eliminate construction of circuits using SSI andMSI chips if they so choose.This paper describes the approach taken by the authors for introductory digital design laboratoriesin the Engineering Science Department of Trinity University, and explains some of the reasons forthe given approach. The approach begins with construction of SSI and MSI circuits, includes abridging laboratory where a complex SSI/MSI circuit is reimplemented in a CPLD, and finallymoves to more complex designs utilizing no SSI/MSI constructs. The student base forintroductory digital logic in our engineering program is quite broad, with all engineering studentsutilizing digital design

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Kreppel; Beverly Swaile

Session 15470 Building Critical Thinking, Teamwork, and Communication Skills Through Professional Ethics in Engineering and Chemical Technology Beverly H. Swaile, Maria C. Kreppel University of CincinnatiAbstractAn interdepartmental faculty team has developed an upper-division general education coursedesigned specifically to introduce ethics into technical education using a case-study approach.The course is designed to place students in a team problem-solving environment forcing them tosift through and critically analyze information related to the ethical topics studied during

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor L. Paquet; Ann Bisantz

Section 1526 Case Study Based Laboratories for an Undergraduate Human Factors Engineering Curriculum Ann M. Bisantz, Victor L. Paquet Department of Industrial Engineering University at Buffalo, State University of New York Amherst, NY 14020 bisantz@eng.buffalo.eduAbstractThis paper describes the ongoing implementation and evaluation of a set of design-orientedlaboratory exercises for two undergraduate Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) courses,which draw

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph O. Buchal

Session 2358 Engineering Education in the 21st Century Ralph O. Buchal The University of Western OntarioAbstract Changing educational needs and reduced funding for traditional educational institutions are forcing a re-examination of the educational process. At the same time, emerging information technologies are enabling atransition from traditional instructor-centred teaching to a new model based on student-centred collaborativelearning. The importance of the physical university is diminishing as information technology

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade C. Driscoll

Session 2457 Parametric Case Studies - Closing the Loop Wade C. Driscoll Industrial and Systems Engineering Youngstown State University AbstractTraditional case studies have proven to be effective means for teaching engineering design.Unfortunately, traditional case studies, in which all students in a class simultaneously work on thesame case study, may result in inappropriate levels of student interaction. A parametric case studyis a generalization of a

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles McIntryre

assignments, and 3)course assessment and evaluation. It is anticipated that this interactive and innovative style ofteaching should allow students to gain valuable experience in: teamwork, organizing anddelivering presentations, critical peer evaluation, and a better overall understanding the academicprocess. The contents of this paper document the procedures used to incorporate and integrate thisapproach into the instructional sequence of an existing course in construction management.Conclusions are formulated as a result of this $experiment in education.#I. Introduction$CME 425 - Risk Management and Decision Support# is a senior level course offered by theDivision of Construction Management within the Department of Civil Engineering andConstruction

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurel Lynn ONeill, Penn State University; Luis Delgado Jr., Penn State; Stephanie Cutler, Penn State University; Sarah E Zappe, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

Paper ID #42178”Tricks of the Trade”: Sharing the Experiences of Queer and Trans GraduateStudentsLaurel Lynn ONeill, Penn State University Laurel is a graduate student in electrical engineering with a dual focus on engineering education and environmental sensing. Laurel is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. Past researh has included detection of fertilizers in water using deep UV Raman spectroscop, and measurement of the temperature of the water column using variations in the Raman spectrumLuis Delgado Jr., Penn State Luis R. Delgado Jr. is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Pennsylvania

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University; Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Michael Keith Brewster, West Virginia University

Paper ID #45100Work-In-Progress: Hands-on Activities to Improve Student Engagement andLearning in an Introductory Programming CourseDr. Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University Dr. Hulcher is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Fundamentals of Engineering Program in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. He has been in his current role at WVU since 2020. Dr. Hulcher holds degrees in Civil Engineering, as well as Mathematics.Dr. Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University Dr. Todd Hamrick, Ph.D. is aTeaching Professor in the Fundamentals of Engineering

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

S.P.K. Sternberg; G.G. Botte

FUEL CELLS IN THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUMS.P.K. Sternberg and G.G. Botte (Assistant Professors)Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota DuluthDuluth, MN, USA 55812ABSTRACTFuel cells are an emerging technology that promise high conversion efficiencies ofchemical fuels to electricity. Additionally, fuel cell technology can also greatly decreasethe release of pollutants during energy conversion. This promising new technology hascreated a demand from chemical engineering students for more information and practicalexperience. This demand has generated new course content across our curriculum.Courses in Material and Energy Balances, Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer,Chemical Reactor Design, Senior Capstone Design

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ed Clausen; Carolyne Garcia

Communication in the Chemical Engineering CurriculumEd Clausen and Carolyne GarciaUniversity of ArkansasModifications to the approach to teaching some courses have added a crucialcommunication component to the chemical engineering curriculum at theUniversity of Arkansas. This paper traces the history of adding communication tothe Chemical Engineering curriculum.

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

W. R. Penney; G. J. Thoma; R. R. Beitle

one another in solving real environmental problems. Typical projects include thethinning of forests to minimize the potential for fire damage, the prevention of foodborneillnesses due to bacterial contamination of tomatoes, and the design of a mobile treatmentfacility to treat mixed transuranic wastes. The students must select the “best” technologyfrom a number of alternatives, run the necessary experiments to prove the concept,construct a scale model of their design, prepare a market analysis and business plan whileaddressing community relations and environmental regulations, and make oral and posterpresentations at the competition. This paper compares and contrasts the WERCexperience with the traditional classroom capstone design experience.

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ashok Saxena

, India, Australia, New Zealand,Singapore, to name a few, have invested heavily into their technical educationinfrastructure and are producing quality talent that is now not only serving the needs intheir own countries but also a portion of the global needs. Outsourcing of engineeringfunctions overseas for American corporations is now a common occurrence because ofthe availability of quality talent at lower costs. Further, the investment in educationalinfrastructure is not limited to just increasing the undergraduate degrees awarded; it isalso in developing a research infrastructure to potentially become leaders in hightechnology business opportunities. This paper will review the trends in engineering enrollments in these emergingcountries

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

David C. Macke; Steve E. Watkins

Missouri S&T UAV Team David C. Macke Jr. and Steve E. Watkins Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUnmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies is a main focus for the IEEE AESS StudentChapter at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). The design teamis building a UAV for use in student competitions, such as the Outback Challenge, and forCollege and Pre-College demonstrations. The team has collaborated with the AerospaceEngineering Senior Design class to create a custom fixed-wing airframe to meet requirements for1) a flight time of approximately one-hour, 2) a load capacity sufficient for needed on-boardelectronics and

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Heather L. Lai

Design ethnography: Why should it matter to your students (and you) Heather L. Lai SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz NYAbstractDesign ethnography is a growing discipline which stems from the techniques developed foranthropologic in-depth investigations of cultures. Over the past two decades, there has beenincreasing application of these tools to user centered design in a wide range of fields. More andmore, interdisciplinary teams are performing design ethnography, starting with user needsdevelopment and continuing throughout the design process, rather than relying on validationtesting near the end of the life cycle to demonstrate efficacy of the design.Involving finely tuned

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Abdullah Konak

self- and peer assessment multiple times in asemester in large classes can be a challenging task. In this presentation, we demonstrate a web-based application, called Peer Evaluation and Assessment Resource (PEAR), to assist assessingstudents’ development in teamwork skills through self- and peer evaluations. One of thechallenges of peer evaluation is the labor intensive nature of data collection and analysis. PEARintends to facilitate the process of data collection and analysis in peer evaluations. In addition,PEAR has been developed based on the Model of Domain Learning (MDL) which explains howstudents master a subject matter through the complex interactions among their knowledge,interest levels, and strategic processing abilities. The

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Brent Beckley

Synthesis Digital Library: Innovative Information Service for Engineering and Computer Science Brent Beckley – Morgan & Claypool PublishersSYNTHESIS is an innovative information service for the research, development and educationalcommunities in engineering and computer science. It combines authoritative content withadvanced digital delivery to create a product that is substantially more useful than traditionalprint and digital publications. SYNTHESIS is useful to a broad range of professionals,researchers, and students.For the researcher, it provides an ideal introduction to new fields. This is an increasinglyimportant benefit as science and engineering become more interdisciplinary

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abulkhair M. Masoom; Fahmida R. Masoom

Abstract Effectiveness of Web-based Engineering Science Instruction Abulkhair M. Masoom, Fahmida R. Masoom College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI 53818 e-mail: masoom@uwplatt.eduAn online course content delivery and learning management system, Blackboard wasemployed in teaching Engineering Mechanics – Statics. This was offered to one sectionof the course each semester with a total of approximately 100 students during the 2003-04 academic year. About a third of these students had prior experience with Blackboardin other courses

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Alhassan, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; James Welch, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)

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Civil Engineering

packages available to professionals.Allowing students to learn the software step by step (modeling, analysis, and design) in asequential approach through successive interrelated core and elective courses (StructuralAnalysis, Reinforced Concrete Design, and Steel Design), supplies the students with thefundamentals needed to tackle large projects on their own. This paper illuminates the variouslearning projects that were given to the students in the courses mentioned above. The papercontinues with a demonstration to a practical application as civil engineering students usedSAP2000 to design a pedestrian bridge for the required capstone senior design course. Theproject allowed the students to further explore the various design capabilities of SAP2000

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session I - Curriculum Development

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Russel C. Jones, World Expertise LLC

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Invited - Curriculum Development

Paper ID #8386Invited Paper - American Influence on Engineering Education in the MiddleEastDr. Russel C. Jones, World Expertise LLC Russel Jones is a consultant, working through World Expertise LLC. Until recently he was senior Advisor at the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, a new institution in Abu Dhabi, UAE. KUSTAR offers undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering and science. Prior to that, he served as Founding President of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi, UAE – a new university dedicated to graduate education and research, focused on alternative energy. He

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

USB Data Acquisition Units Provide New Measurement and Control Options for Engineering Technology Students Dale H. Litwhiler, Terrance D. Lovell Penn State Berks-LehighValley CollegeAbstractThe Universal Serial Bus (USB) has become a ubiquitous technology for computer peripherals.It is available on virtually every new computer and in most cases provides a seamless connectionmethod for a variety of consumer electronics devices such as digital cameras, scanners andprinters. This ease of connection together with the inherent high data rate of USB also makesthis technology very useful for data acquisition and control units. This paper presents the use

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wierman; Lawrence Aronhime

IntroductionInnovation and entrepreneurship drive the capitalist process, which in turn depends uponindividuals willing to take a chance.1 As Howard Stevenson wrote, entrepreneurs are promoters,focused on opportunity, regardless of the resources controlled.2 Innovation can be an uncertain,even irrational act, where entrepreneurs endeavor to enter markets that may not exist withproducts that may not answer market needs, where traditional analytical tools are not likely to beuseful, and where the odds of success are dim. The willingness to take a chance, to innovate andbe an entrepreneur, requires two factors: “motivation, defined as market incentives to innovate;and ability, defined as the capability to obtain resources, craft them into

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Kramer

2463 MANUFACTURING SYSTEM DESIGN EXPERIENCES FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: MEANS TO ADDRESS COMPETENCY GAPS Bradley A. Kramer, Farhad Azadivar, Jeff Tucker, Richard Windholz Kansas State University/University of Massachusetts @ Dartmouth/KSU/KSUAbstract – Engineering students are employed to design and improve manufacturing systems atthe Advanced Manufacturing Institute at Kansas State University (KSU). AMI created theManufacturing Learning Center (MLC) to accomplish a two-fold mission: to enhance theeducation of engineering students and to promote economic development in the state

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Caleb Edward Scheideger, Ohio Northern University; Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Xiangyi Cheng, Ohio Northern University; Anna Dillenbeck, Ohio Northern University

Paper ID #44636Photogrammetry System to Reconstruct Syndactyly Hand ModelsCaleb Edward Scheideger, Ohio Northern University Caleb Scheideger is a mechanical engineering student at Ohio Northern University with interests in bio- medical research.Dr. Hui Shen, Ohio Northern UniversityXiangyi Cheng, Ohio Northern UniversityAnna Dillenbeck, Ohio Northern University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024

Conference Session

Impact of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill on Chemical Engineering Education & Misc.

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Gail Ellen Gerdemann, STEPs at Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

://cbee.oregonstate.edu/education/.Gail Ellen Gerdemann, STEPs at Oregon State University Elementary classroom teacher for over 30 years including teaching junior high science as a Peace Corps volunteer in Montserrat, West Indies, 6th grade in Virginia, primary and intermediate grades in Albany and Corvallis, Oregon. K-5 STEPs Coordinator at Oregon State University funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant since 1994 working with classroom teachers and university/community scientists developing STEM curriculum and training teachers. Currently employed by Corvallis School District to develop, pilot, manufacture materials kits, and inservice teachers for a complete K-5 engineering curricu- lum to meet Oregon’s new standards

Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-459: PREPARING ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR WORK INTHE 21ST CENTURYDean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dean C. Millar is an Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. In 1994, he began the Engineering Career Institute, a program that complements engineer- ing coursework and gives engineering students key career-professional skills, including pre-employment classes and credit-worthy industrial employment experience. Page 22.1173.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparing Engineering Students for Work in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen O'Halloran Cardinal, Cal Poly, SLO

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2011-1983: EVOLUTION AND ASSESSMENT OF AN INDUSTRY/ACADEMICPARTNERSHIP TO ENABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASEDLEARNINGLily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State UniversityKristen O’Halloran Cardinal, Cal Poly, SLO Page 22.656.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 EVOLUTION AND ASSESSMENT OF AN INDUSTRY/ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP TO ENABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROJECT-BASED LEARNINGAbstract The MEDITEC program is a multidisciplinary industry and academic partnership at ouruniversity that provides the forum and mechanism to enhance biomedical research and designthrough

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

experiment.BackgroundMany engineering faculty would like to include more writing assignments in their classes to helpimprove the communication skills of their students. The ABET 2000 criteria, for example,explicitly require that "engineering programs demonstrate that their graduates have an ability tocommunicate effectively" while data from employer surveys consistently mention the importanceof good communication skills as a requirement for professional success.1,2 The engineeringeducation community also knows from many years of experience that one freshman compositioncourse followed by a few junior-level lab reports and one senior design report is not an adequateamount of writing to develop competence in our students. Much like other cognitive skills thatwe are